Poppies of Iraq

Resource Information

The work Poppies of Iraq represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Poppies of Iraq

Statement of responsibility

cowritten by Brigitte Findakly & Lewis Trondheim ; drawn by Lewis Trondheim ; colored by Brigitte Findakly ; translated by Helge Dascher

Creator

• Findakly, Brigitte

Contributor

• Dascher, Helge
• Trondheim, Lewis

Artist

• Trondheim, Lewis
• Findakly, Brigitte

Author

• Trondheim, Lewis
• Findakly, Brigitte

Translator

• Dascher, Helge

Subject

• Iraq -- History -- 1958-1979 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Iraq -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Women cartoonists -- France -- Biography | Comic books, strips, etc
• Autobiographical comics
• Women cartoonists -- Iraq -- Biography | Comic books, strips, etc
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Findakly, Brigitte -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc

Genre

• Comic books, strips, etc
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Biography
• Autobiographical comics

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

"Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly's nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein's state control, and her family's history as Orthodox Christians in the arab world. Poppies of Iraq is intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one's homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged. Signs of an oppressive regime permeate a seemingly normal life: magazines arrive edited by customs; the color red is banned after the execution of General Kassim; Baathist militiamen are publicly hanged and school kids are bussed past them to bear witness. As conditions in Mosul worsen over her childhood, Brigitte's father is always hopeful that life in Iraq will return to being secular and prosperous. The family eventually feels compelled to move to Paris, however, where Brigitte finds herself not quite belonging to either culture. Trondheim brings to life Findakly's memories to create a poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile."--

Member of

• Free comic book day, 2017

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

741.5/944

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Series statement

Free comic book day

Series volume

2017